Monday, August 11, 2025

Facing unfamiliar faces, it’s easy
to turn and face the sea
instead, look into
endlessness as if it were knowable,
or known. It’s easy
to opt out of
unknowns in front of us,
self-select for safety
and tell ourselves
it’s exclusion. It’s easy
to turn away from
our fear of being seen and
face the perfection outside
ourselves, forgetting
our part in it.